Conveyer.



H. C. BIERTUEMPPEL. GONVEYEB.

urmoumn FILED Jun: 2, 190a.

Patented Mar. 16, 1909. 2 sums-sum 1.

INVENTOR WITNESSES HUGO C. BIERTUEMPFEL, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

fatented- March 16, 1909.

Application filed June 2, 1908 Serial No. 486,248.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, Hueo O. BIERTUEMPP FEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inConveyers; and I do hereby declare the followin to be afull,

clear, and exact description oft e invention,

such as will enable others'skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. Q

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in conveyors andit is, an object of the invention to provide a novel device of this character for conveying corks to a tapering machine therefor.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a novel device of this character wherein the corks are assured proper delivery to the tapering machine. I

t is also an object of the invention to pro-.

vide a novel device of thischaracter wherein a plurality of chutes are emplo ed, one being an ular with relation to the ot er so that the cor s may be fed to the tapering machine crosswise.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a novel device of this character whereby the corks will be automatically forced within the delivery chute proper.

It is also an object of the invention to rovide a novel device of this character w ich will be simple in construction, efficient and advantageous in practice and comparatively combination of parts to be hereinafter moreparticularly referred to. y

In describing the invention in detail refer! ence will be had to theaccom anying drawings forming part of this spec cation where'- in like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in the several views andin which,

Figure 1 isa view in top plan illustrating the invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1: Fig.3 is a view in front elevation, and, Fig. 4 is a fragmentary enlarged view partly insection and partly in elevation illustrating a detail of the lnvention. H

In the drawings, 1 denotes a hopper having its bottom arranged on a downward and forthe framing of the device.

which a cork 3 can fit onl when longitudinally dis osed. The cor s are dum ed within the opperl and in order that -t ey may be cause to fit within the groove 2, a shaft 3 is mounted within the side walls of the hopper :1 andto this shaft within the hopper 1s fixed a longitudinally ribbed agiwardincline and having a central groove 2 in tating'drum 4 having an annular peripheral groove '5' registeringjvith or position ed above the 'fgr'oove 2 in the ase of the hopper. This sha t 3 projects beyond the ho er and has fixed thereto a pulley 6 en aged y a driving pulle 7leadin toasuitab the face thereof as at 8 and the-groove 2 e source of power. The ottom o the hopper projects beyond thereof discharges upon an endless conveyer 9 passing around the rollers 10 and 11. shaft 12 of the roller 11 hassecured to a proj ected end portionthereof a ulley 13 around which passesan endless bet 14 which also on agesia pulley 15 fixed to the shaft 3. l

he conveyer 9 carries the corks to a chute 16 depending therefrom at right angles and leading to the taperin machine (not shown). In order that the cor s may not be carried beyond the chute 16-, one of the wallsthereof is projected above the conveyer as at 1'2 to form a stop or an abutment. ran ement of this chute, it is thought to be obvious that the corks are fed to. the tapering By the ar-' The machine crosswise which is the desired and 19 of the conveyer 9 in which is movable a plunger block 20 rojecting through an-o en-' mg 21 in the ui e'board 19. This bloc at its outer end as a de ending stra 22 which is secured to an angu ar' end-23 o a lever 24 pivoted intermediate its length as at 25 to he freeportion of the lever 24 is arranged on a downward and coin ound curve and is adapted to be engaged a movable member of a tapering machine (indicated by dotted linesat 26).

This contact will cause the block 20 to-move inwardly and force the cork into the chute 16". The block 20 is held normally within the bracket by a contraction s ring 27 interposed between; the framing an the lever 24 and secured thereto at its ends. The forward face of the plunger block 20 is rovided with the extending springfinger 28w 0b is adaptannular peripheral roove, said hopper havmg in its forward ottom edge a de ressed groove op osed to the roove of said rum, a chute lea ing from sai hopper in alinement with the groove 1n the bottom thereof, an

endless carrier adapted to receive the objects or corks fed from said chute, a second chute arranged at an angle to the aforesaid chute and a bracket arranged at the angle between said chutes, a flanged block arranged in said bracket and ada ted to direct the objects or corks from the st referredto chute and means for actuating said flanged block in changing the direction of said objects or corks.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a hopper having -a roove in its bottom, at the forward edge, a rum or roller arranged in said hopper, having a peripheral groove opposed to the aforesaid groove, a chutereceiving objects or corks from said hopper, an endless carrier arranged to rece1ve said objects or corks from sald hopper,

a chute arranged above said carrier, in the same vertical alinement therewith, a second chute arranged at an angle to the first referred to chute, a bracket arran ed at the point of conjunction between saig chutes, a flanged block arranged in said bracket and having a finger adapted to enga e said objects or corks as ed from the first re erred to chute and direct the same into the latter chute, an angular lever having connection with said flanged block and means for actuating said lever.

3. A device of the character described, comprising a hopper having in its bottom a central groove delivering at its forward edge,

a drum or roller having a peripheral groove opposed to the aforesaid groove, a chute leading from said ho per, an endless carrier arranged in. vertica alinement with said chute and adapted to receive objects or corks from said hop er, a second chute arranged at an angle to t e aforesaid chute, a flan ed ,block or member arranged at the angle etween said chutes and having a finger adapted to engage the objects or corks delivered into the rst referred to chute for directing saidobjects or corks into the latter chute, said flanged block having means for actuatmg said flanged block including an angular lever having connection with said. flanged block and means for actuating said lever.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name'to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HUGO C. BIERTUEMPFEL.

Witnesses:

Oscar;v A. BIERTUEMPFEL, J OHN R BIERTUEMPEEL. 

